20. RCW 28A.300.575
“The Washington state
seal of biliteracy is
established to
recognize public high
school graduates who
have attained a high
level of proficiency in
speaking, reading, and
writing in one or more
world languages in
addition to English”
24. ELA
Requirements
Proficiency in
Other
World
Language
AP testing (i) Score of 3 or higher
IB testing (ii) Score of 4 or higher
Proficiency tests
aligned to
ACTFL levels
approved by
OSPI (iii)
Rating of Intermediate-
Mid or higher, across
language skills**
World Language
Competency
Credits (iv)
Qualifies for 4 credits
(Int-Mid)
Other national or
international
proficiency tests
approved by OSPI* (v)
Rating comparable to
Intermediate-Mid on
the ACTFL scale across
language skills
Projection for 2014-2015
2000 directly supported by OSPI
500 tested directly in school districts
What is the Seal of Biliteracy?
Students who study a world language for just one year score an average of 38 points higher on the SATs. (Even cooler: Students who took four years of a world language showed scores that were more than a hu
http://castle.eiu.edu/~eiucaa/2007-08CAA/Spring2008/04-24-08/Minutes/ResearchConc.pdfndred points higher on average.)
MIT study
http://www.phil.frb.org/research-and-data/publications/working-papers/2002/wp02-16.pdf
The year that researchers at the University
of Cambridge discovered that people who
know two languages are nicer. According to the
research, bilingual folks are better able to tolerate
differences and find solutions to conflict.